You really haven't a clue about English history, have you? The point is, cutting off Charles I's head put an end to the notion of the divine right of kings and established the supremacy of Parliament. When the crown was restored it was to Charles's son, not to some Germans. Several monarchs later Parliament offered the crown to William of Orange and Mary, who were joint monarchs and grandchildren of Charles I.
The Germans, the Hanovers, did not come into the picture until after the death of Queen Anne, who succeeded William and Mary. All of them, including the Hanovers, succeeded because they were either offered the Crown by Parliament or because they were next in line according to the laws established by Parliament. This means that none of them, to use your phrase that I was replying to "is superior by reason of birth and has rights that can't be taken away". They are subject to the will of Parliament. > > No you didn't. You just imported some German "aristocrats" to take his > place. > > Dan > > > well we don't. We swept all that nonsense away when we cut Charles > I's head off in 1649. > > > > Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
